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(No'ModeU A. KRAUSE.

OIL STOVE. No. 250,263. Patented Nov. 29,1881.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST KRAUSE, OF SALINA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F. LAUTHAND JOSEPH N. SCHWARTZ, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,263, dated November29, 1881,

Application filed August 22, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST KRAUSE, of Salina, in the county of Salineand State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvementsin Oil-Stoves, of which the-following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of oil-stoves inwhich the chimneyflues for the lamps are formed in a water-res- 1oervoir arranged over the lamps; and it consists in providing thewater-reservoir with a series of flues, one for each wick-tube, andarranged each immediately over a wick-tube, and hinging thewater-reservoir to the oil-re- I5 ceptacle along one of its shortersides, the major axes of the \vicktubes and fines lying in thelongitudinal direction of the water and oil reservoirs, and the fluesfitting over the wicktubes, and the bottom face of the water-reser- 2ovoir fitting tightly against the upper face of the air-chamber, wherebythe water-reservoir can readily be swung over to trim the wicks or forother purposes, and can be as readily swung back and guided to itsproper place with 2 the fines over the wick-tubes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional perspective -viewof an oil-stove containing my improvement; and Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView of the stove as combined with a steamer, which is broken open toshow the interior.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the base and oil-reservoir; a, the airchamber. 1) are thewick-tubes, the major axes of which are arranged in the longitudinaldirection of the air-chamber a and 0, the wickraisers of an oil-stove ofusual construction.

B is the water-reservoir, having tubes (1 formed in its middle portion,the major axes of which are arranged in the longitudinal direction ofthe water-reservoir and fit snugly over the wick-tubes, and provided atits upper side with a ring, g, that is adapted to re- -5 ceive the usualcooking attachments. The reservoir B is attachedto base A by a hinge, f,

and rests on the top plate of the air-chamber a, so that itschimney-tubes d lap over the wick-tubes b. There will be one or moretubes d, according to the number of burners, and it 0 will be seen thatthey are surrounded on all sides by the water contained in thereservoir. By this construction the heat at the ouside of thechimney-tubes will heat the water in the reservoir, and at the same timethe convenient use of'the stove for cooking purposes is not hindered. Asupply of hot water is thus always at hand, and is to be drawn for usethrough the cock 0, provided at the side of the reservoir.

In Fig. 2 a steamer, 0, is shown as 0011- nected by a pipe, h, withreservoir B, so as to receive the steam therefrom. The pipe h has asection, 1', of rubber tubing, to allow convenient separation. In thismanner the convenience of the oil-stoveis greatly extended.

I am aware that the chimney-flue ofa lamp has heretofore been formed ina water-reservoir over the wick-tube of the lamp, and I therefore lay noclaim, broadly, to such construction, my invention being confined to theprecise constructionand compact arrangement of the parts, whereby thewater can be readily heated, and at the same time the water-reservoir,with its chimneys or flues, be readily turned at one operation by meansof its hinge to trim the wicks or for other purposes.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In anoil-stove,.the combination, with the oil -reservoir A and airreservoir asecured thereto, and having thewick-tubes b, of the water-reservoir B,hinged to the top of the airchamber at f and provided with the fines orchimneys d, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

AUGUST KRAUSE.

Witnesses:

E. H. GIBBs, W. R. GnIs.

